Butley BROADWAY REVIEWS

NY TIMES

AP

Opening Night:

October 25, 2006

Closing:

January 14, 2007

Theater: Booth Theatre / 222 West 45th Street, New York, NY, 10036

Synopsis:

Butley is the story of an English literature professor whose world is crumbling all around him. Faced with surprising news from both his wife and his young protege, Butley fights for his life with the weapon he uses best: his acid wit. Starring Nathan Lane.

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF Butley

Zingers Shoot Forth From Inside a Toxic Fog

Ben Brantley

October 26, 2006: “Ping!” goes the epigram as it bounces off the wall of a London university professor’s office. “Zing!” goes the zinger, whizzing across the room. In the uneasy revival of Simon Gray’s “Butley” (1971), which opened last night at the Booth Theater, Nathan Lane fires off witticisms as if they were silver bullets with “Made in England” engraved upon their sides.

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